Another PechaKucha Night in the books — thanks for having us, S-Tron!

The reason we do a PechaKucha Night each year at S-Tron is because we love using that big screen — big thanks to all who attended tonight’s Vol. 47, and huge thanks and hugs to all our presenters!

My FOTO5 for the week, following the theme “paint.”

Picked up these lovely little classic figures from classic Shanghai animation.

Tomorrow? Yes, tomorrow! Join us at the Shanghai West Bund Art Centre for PechaKucha Night Vol. 47, a special edition held as part of the S-Tron convention, with free entry (you just need to register via the QR code). Presentations will kick off at 19:30, and here's a look at our wonderful lineup!

Ordered a copy!

Happy to confirm that the next PauseTalk, Vol. 99, will take place on Thursday, October 23, at Bananafish Books. Let's call it the "Halloween" edition.

Ordered these.

Whenever I go back home for a visit, I pick up a copy of the Edit (previously known as the Maritime Edit) — it’s sort of like a Monocle covering Atlantic Canada.

Huh, sure would love to get these Chris Ware stamps. https://store.usps.com/store/product/250-years-of-delivering-stamps-S_487104

Really enjoyed this piece on Uniqlo in the latest issue of the New Yorker — really gets into the weeds of the company.

POPEYE has released its first English edition, and of course @wdavidmarx.bsky.social had a hand in it (and it’s a super deep dive guide to Tokyo).

Vancouver overnight stopover.

The journey back is on, next leg Montreal-Vancouver.

Blast from the past. CC @patrickmacias.bsky.social

My FOTO5 this week, for the theme “out of place” (out of country, in Canada).

The animation here is phenomenal.

I unfortunately had to miss out on our PechaKucha Night this week due to traveling, but glad to see (and hear from people) that it was another really fun event. Here’s a video promo to give you a taste.

So a surprise that was announced at our PechaKucha Night Vol. 46 on Thursday is that we’re actually doing another event, Vol. 47, this month, in less than two weeks! We’re teaming up again with S-Tron on Tuesday, September 23 — and the event will be free, you just need to register via the QR code.

Opening night in North America!

Pleasant early morning cycling.

This book looks terrific, can’t wait to read it.

My mother knows me well.

Last part of the journey back to my home town.

In Montreal for a night? Damn straight I’m gonna get a smoked meat sandwich at Reuben’s with one of my buddies.

When we travel, it’s always hard leaving Lupin behind, but at least he looks happy.

Cannot wait to watch this.

This site is pretty neat -- every day it shows front pages from newspapers around the world. walzr.com/papers

More ads like this please.

Although I won't be there in person as I'm traveling this week, our PechaKucha Night Vol. 46 is happening this Thursday! Please note that the venue has changed (going back to Skyline Tower, where we've done many events). Scan the QR code for tickets.

You can listen to all the conversations @craigmod.com did during his recent TBOT book tour as a podcast series -- I started with the Robin Sloan one, and it's really great. I've listened to 3 of them now, and they are all a bit different, due to the interviewer. craigmod.com/books/things...

I love the Fantomas movies, especially Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (and Louis de Funès was my favorite comedic actor when I was a kid, him and Pierre Richard). www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzxH...

Starting a new movie 🧵 for September.

Great episode — adds a lot of context and behind-the-scenes tidbits to Matt’s recent New Yorker piece. And thanks for the shoutout, guys!

Bought this little Polaroid printer, and I’m already loving it.

I have a few of these issues, and I love them.

Chris is awesome, and I’ll never forget that when I was covering the Tokyo Game Show for Kotaku, he gave me a Joystiq tee after I asked for one, even though they were rival outlets.

Friday night.

Very much looking forward to the launch of Playnist (I signed up to be on the waitlist), doing for games what Goodreads does for books and Letterboxd for movies (two sites I love using). www.gamesindustry.biz/playnist-aim...

I'll be visiting my hometown next week (east coast of Canada) and I'm so happy that this thing is happening while I'm there -- the music is gonna be so damn good.

As a lifelong Bond fan, this is absolutely my dream Bond game. Looks like a perfect blend of Hitman-like infiltration/investigation, stealth, gun and melee action, and driving sequences. Cannot wait to play it. www.youtube.com/live/pwRpK8e...

Got a haircut, so of course I then went for my traditional post-cut tonkatsu.

So great.

Terrific first issue — had been really looking forward to this new run, and it didn’t disappoint.

September.

My FOTO5 for the theme “chaos” (that last one is anti-chaos chaotic to me).

So incredibly excited for this film.

I found this piece by Sam Holden on learning Japanese to be quite interesting -- he argues that the mid 2000s was peak time to learn, using the electronic dictionaries of the time. www.samholden.jp/p/is-the-bes...

This book looks terrific.

Great piece on how traditional 2D animation is currently making a comeback. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...